Event 5, the $1000 + $100 Deepstack, has just reached heads-up play between Lukas Soucek and Christopher Willis Jackson.

Once Daniel Mason was eliminated in 3rd place, the two finalists decided to look at the ICM chop numbers and came to an agreement. Lukas and his 3,635,000 stack locked-in $45,000, while Christopher and his 2,440,000 stack secured $41,000. As required by the tournament, an additional $6,060 is left for the eventual tournament winner, who will also take home a Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Trophy.

The money is now on the table as the two players have resumed action for the title.

Congratulations!

With only 600K in front of him, Daniel Mason 3bet shoved from the big blind after Christopher Willis Jackson opened to 120K from the button. Christopher made the call and both players showed down.

Christopher:
Daniel:

Board:

Daniel was eliminated in 3rd place, and Event 5 is now heads-up between Christopher and Lukas Soucek.

3rd place: Daniel Mason, $24,160.00

With a short break at hand, we counted the stacks of the final 3 players in the $1000 + $100 Deepstack Event. Lukas Soucek leads the way with more than half the chips in play, but in shorthanded action the balance can easily be shifted in one quick hand.

Frederic Pierre was trying to take advantage of an unopened pot to steal some very valuable blinds when he shipped his 445K stack from the button. He got Daniel to fold his small blind, but Christopher Willis Jackson picked up a hand worthy of a call from the big blind.

Frederic:
Christopher:

Board:

With the elimination of Frederic in 4th place, action is now 3-handed. A break is just around the corner, at which point we will bring a update on chip counts.

4th place: Frederic Pierre – $14,700.00

Lakeram Persaud has somehow managed to score a few pay-jumps with his short stack. He arrived at the final table with a handful of blinds and never managed to cross the 10bb mark, even dropping down to 3bb at one point.

With 375K left he pulled the trigger from middle position and found action from big stacked Lukas Soucek.

Lakeram:
Lukas:

Board:

5th place: Lakeram Persaud – $11,360.00

Fresh from a big double up, Lukas Soucek was on the button holding a small pair and opted for the open-shove. Frederic Pierre got out of the way, but Pirooz Bayat was going nowhere with the hand he was dealt in the big blind, and made a quick call with his 1.4 million chip stack.

Lukas:
Pirooz:

Board:

Lukas won the massive flip to take a commanding lead deep in Even 5, while Pirooz saw his chip-lead stack vanish in just two hands, first with pocket rockets and now with big slick.

6th place: Pirooz Bayat – $9,400.00

Lukas Soucek opened to 110K from utg, and was 3bet to 380K by Christopher Willis Jackson from the small blind. Lukas came over the top with an all-in worth 850K, and Christopher made the call.

Lukas:
Christopher:

Board:

Lukas paired his ace to win the 1.7 million chip pot, putting him in the lead. Christopher holds around 800K after the hand.

Christopher Willis Jackson raised to 85K from utg+1, and Pirooz Bayat 3bet to 205K from the big blind. Christopher made the call, and they went heads-up to the flop.

With showing, Pirooz check-called a bet of 190K. They both checked the turn, and Pirooz then lead out for 240K on the river. Christopher waited a moment before announcing all-in for 595K total, and Pirooz went into the tank. After a few minutes, the clock was called, and in the last few seconds available Pirooz hesitantly threw in a calling chip.

Christopher tabled for a flush, and Pirooz showed before mucking his hand. Pirooz dropped to 1.5 million in chips, while Christopher collected the 2-million chip pot.

On the next hand, Christopher saw 415K of his newly acquired chips get shipped over to his neighbour Daniel Mason, as he called his 3bet shove and lost with versus the of Daniel.

When play was 9-handed, Alexander Matveev saw his stack drop to just 3bb. Sitting in the big blind, he found a fold when faced with a shove from Khaly Dang and a flat call by Pirooz Bayat. He enjoyed a pay-jump as Khaly was eliminated in the hand, and then found back-to-back double ups in the two next hands.

He hung around a while longer, and saw the field drop by another player before he finally found another hand to push with. From under the gun +1 he moved in for 120K and went heads-up with Pirooz, who made the call from the button.

Alexander:
Pirooz:

Pirooz rivered a flush on the board, ending Alexander’s run in 7th place. He now sits on a stack worth 2.5 million, and is the only player above the 1-million chip average. Lukas Soucek and Frederic Pierre sit at around 900K each.

7th place: Alexander Matveev – $8,010.00